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The O.D. ran an article yesterday with the headline, "6 U.S. soldiers killed in Afghanistan; deadliest year since 2001 invasion".
The article talks about the increase in soldiers deaths in both Afghanistan and Iraq, the rise of insurgent attacks, and the increase of troops in eastern Afghanistan.
The factions our troops are fighting would have increased in numbers over the last six years no matter what, so we went to them and there have been 101 U.S. deaths this year, or we could have stayed here, and they would have come to us and the death toll would have been so much more the a hundred.
I also thought about a comment my mother said the other day. She said when the soldiers returned from Vietnam that would be people spitting on them as they got off the buses. Is the support of troops now due to the men who were treated so badly then wishing to never have any one else experience went they went through?
Moving on: I applaud the men and women of Prague who stood in the streets and said "NO!" to those marching to remember Kristallnacht, as a wonderful victory.
The AP said that "right, left-wing groups clash", but I say that it was a group of sound minded people of faith and conviction going up against a bunch of whacked out nut jobs. I say more people should be like this, ready to stand and say, "No, you opinion doesn't count. Go away, we don't want you here." instead of the "oh don't hurt their feelings" mind set that is being pushed down our throats.
The article talks about the increase in soldiers deaths in both Afghanistan and Iraq, the rise of insurgent attacks, and the increase of troops in eastern Afghanistan.
The factions our troops are fighting would have increased in numbers over the last six years no matter what, so we went to them and there have been 101 U.S. deaths this year, or we could have stayed here, and they would have come to us and the death toll would have been so much more the a hundred.
I also thought about a comment my mother said the other day. She said when the soldiers returned from Vietnam that would be people spitting on them as they got off the buses. Is the support of troops now due to the men who were treated so badly then wishing to never have any one else experience went they went through?
Moving on: I applaud the men and women of Prague who stood in the streets and said "NO!" to those marching to remember Kristallnacht, as a wonderful victory.
The AP said that "right, left-wing groups clash", but I say that it was a group of sound minded people of faith and conviction going up against a bunch of whacked out nut jobs. I say more people should be like this, ready to stand and say, "No, you opinion doesn't count. Go away, we don't want you here." instead of the "oh don't hurt their feelings" mind set that is being pushed down our throats.
